Improvement in cotton-seed planters



.which` the rods B may be adjusted higher er lower, as desired.

VziNa DOOLiTTnn A NnV A( M. cnownzn, Or HOUSTON FACTORY, GEORGIA.

Letters Patent No. 7 4,518, dated February 18, 186B.

IMPROVEMENT 1N .COTTON-SEED PLANTBRS. y

TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY C'ONCERN: i

Beit known that We, ZINA DOODITTLE and A. M. Cnownn', of-Houston Factory, in the county of Houston,

and State of' Georgia,4 have invented anew and improved Cotton-Seed Planter; Vandwe do 'hereby declare-that 'the following is a full, clear, and exact` description thereof, which'will'enable those skilled in the Aart to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying dranings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates toa new improved device for planting cotton-seed, and it consistsin a peculiar coni struction' and arrangementof parts, as hereinafter fully shownand described, whereby cotton-seedmay be planted or distributed from the hopper-with certainty, or without-the possibilityoftheseed choking or'jclogging up the hopper or seed-discharging apertures. p In the. accompanying sheet of-drawings--- I Figure 1 is side sectional view ofrmy invention,l taken iu the line x ze, tig. 2.'

FigureY 2, a transverse vertical section of the same, taken in the line y y, fig. 1. y

Similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts.

A represents the hopper, the'bottom of whichisf semicircular form, and has two slots, a a, made in it parallel with each other. BB are two rods, which are bent or curved sothat their lower parts will correspond lto the curvature of the slots da, said rods 'extending .upward and passing through bai-sb b on the top'of the hopper, theM upper ends ofthe' rods B, above and below thehars b, having screw-nuts, c, on them,` by turning Transversely through the hopper A, a shaft, C,- passes, )which has two tubes d cl placed loosely upon it so 'that they may turn freely thereon. These tubeshave each a number of rods,ee, attached radially to them, two rows, e e, being attached to each, so as to work at eachside of the lowerl part of therods B directly over theslots a a, as shown clearly in g. 2. 'The tubes d have each an arnnf, extendingl from them, which are attached by lin-ks f to a. lever, D', one. end of 4which is connected by a hinge or joint', g, to one side ci' the hopper. The arms-f and links j" form toggles, which, as the lever D is worked up and down, give an oscillatingmovement to the tubes ddand rods e,e,the rods of one tube moving in areverse direction to those of the other, and insuring the discharge of the seed through the slctsa a,

preventing hthe choking or elogging'of the seed. The amount of seed discharged on a given area of ground may I be regulated by adjusting the rods B higher or lower, the latter being directly over the slots a a, and-the seed passing down each side of-the rods B, and underneath the same, through the slots al We claim as nien', and'desire to secure by Letters Patenti-- i 1. The adjustable rods B B,- i'n combination with the slots a a inA the bottom ofthe hopper A, substantially' as and for the purpose specitied.`

2. The oscillating rods e e', in combination with the adjustable rods B B and the slots a a, all arranged substantially asand for the purpose set forth. y p A 4 Y 3. Operatingthe oscillating rods e e through the media ofthe armsf, linksf, and lever D, arranged substantially as 'herein shown and described. Y j

The above specification of our invention signed by us, this 11th day of October, .1867.

ziNA .DOOLITTLn A. n cnownna Witnesses:

JOHN C.y Hanan, JOHN I.. MARsHBUnY. 

